Dotson v. Bohemia, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Worker’s Compensation Board (Board) which denied his attorney a fee for defending the referee’s order after SAIF initiated a review. Claimant filed a claim for a cervical spine condition. Before the hearing, the parties had resolved all issues on the claim except for the amount of the fee claimant’s attorney was entitled to recover; that was the only issue presented to the referee. The referee found that $2,000 was a reasonable fee and ordered that SAIF pay that sum to claimant’s attorney. SAIF requested that the Board review the order, arguing that…